UFC officials late Tuesday announced the three fights, which feature three Brazilians, for UFC 153 in Rio de Janeiro.

UFC 153 takes place Oct. 13 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro with a main card airing live on pay-per-view. Prelims are expected to air on FX and stream on Facebook. In the main event, featherweight champion Jose Aldo defends his title against top contender Erik Koch.

Fitch will be in pursuit of his first win in more than two years. The American Kickboxing Academy fighter dominated Thiago Alves at UFC 117 in August 2010. But since then, he fought to a majority draw with B.J. Penn at UFC 127. Then, after an injury layoff, Fitch was knocked out by Johny Hendricks in just 12 seconds at UFC 141. Fitch was expected to return to action this past month, but had to pull out of a UFC on FUEL TV 4 bout against Aaron Simpson with a knee injury. Silva picked up a “Submission of the Night” win over Charlie Brenneman at UFC on FX 3 in June. That put him back in the win column after a controversial disqualification loss to Carlo Prater at UFC 142.

Story snapped a two-fight losing streak when he beat Brock Jardine by unanimous decision at UFC on FX 4 in June. Prior to that, he had back-to-back losses to Charlie Brenneman and Martin Kampmann at UFC 139 this past November. Both losses came on points. Maia is coming off a quick win over Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 148. In that fight, his welterweight debut, Maia stopped Kim just 47 seconds into the first with a TKO slam that led to a fight-stopping injury.

Brandao will try to rebound after a unanimous decision loss to Darren Elkins at UFC 146, his first loss in the UFC after winning the TUF 14 Finale with a first-round submission of Dennis Bermudez. Gambino made his UFC debut at UFC on FX 4, tapping out to a first-round guillotine choke against Steven Siler for the first loss of his career.

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